Support for line-wires.



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SUPPORT FOR LINE WIRES APPLICATION msn JUNE lo. 191g.

Patented Nov. 20,

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' SUPPORT FOR LINE WIRES.

APPLICATION FILED IuIIE Io. Isls.

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VERNON HEAD, 0F ALEXANDER, TEXAS.

SUPPORT FOR LINE-WIRES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 10, 1916. Serial No. 102,923.

To all lwhom. t may Concern.'

Be it known' that I, VERNON HEAD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alexander, in the county of Erath and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Im provements in Supports for Lilie-lVii-es, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a support for line wires and more particular to the connecting member associated with the well known form of insulator.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple device that may be very quickly connected to the line wire and at the same time preventing the line wire from being bent to a large extent.

An object of the invention is the novel manner of forming the hooks upon the connector so that the line wire may be readily attached or detached manually, but held against being detached accidentally.

Besides the above my invention is dis tinguished in the manner in which the intermediate portion of the connector secures the line wire against swaying to a position to dislocate itself from the hook terminals of the connector'.

lith these and other objects in view the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying draw ings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view therethrough.

Fig. 3 is a sideI elevation of another lform of my invention.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view therethrough.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the connector employed in Fig. 3 t-o connect the line wire with the insulator.

Fig. 5fL is a diagrammatic view showing the line wire disconnected from the hooks on t-he connector.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of another form of my invention.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view therethrough. l

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the connector used in Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a further modification of my invention.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view, showing a further modiiication of the'invention and illustrating the manner of connecting the connector with the line wire.

Referring to the drawings and more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, t-he numeral 1 designates an insulator formed with an annular groove 2 in which is seated the connector 3 shown in this particular instance as being substantially U-shaped in plan with the terminal formed with hooks 4 and 5 extending in opposite directions and hooked around the line wire G, the latter having that portion between the hooks lodged within the groove 2.

By referring to Figs. 1 and 2 it will be seen that in attaching a line wire, a portion of the line wire will be disposed above the connector so as to engage a hook 4, another portion below the connector so as to engage the hook 5 and thus it will be seen that the swaying of the wire is properly taken care of so as to prevent disengagement between the connector and line wire.

In Figs. 3 to 10, inclusive the connectors are in the form of a coil which encircles the insulator within the groove 8 and with the portion 10 of the line wire located between the hook terminals 11 and 12 of the connector passed through one of the windings 9 of the coil. From this arrangement it will be seen that although the line wire may be disconnected from the hook, the intermediate portion of the connector will still support the line wire, but in such'a manner as to'give visual indication that the line wire is disconnected from the hook terminal as indicated in Fig. 5a. In Fig. 6 the invention is identical with that described with reference to Fig. 3 with the exception that the hook terminals 13 and 14 are provided with lateral extending bills 15 and 16 that also engage under the line wire. In Fig. 9 I have illustrated the connector 17 formed with flattened hook terminals 18 and 19, the purpose of which is to increase the surface in contact between the hooks and the line wire.

ln Fig. 10, the connector 20 besides being formed with hook terminals 21 and 22 is formed adjacent the ends of the coil with knobs or beads 23 and 24 adapted to engage a jaw 25 that is pivotally connected by means of a bolt 26 to ahandle 27. This handle 27 is adapted to be fulcrumed on the line wire so that when pressure is applied to the end of Patented Nov. 20, 191 '7.

the handle a'hook terminal of the connector will be thrown into engagement with the line w1re.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with vthe accompanying drawings, it should be apparent that I provide a device which is admirably adapted for the purpose for which it is intended, 'that the device is simple, durable and efficient of construction and may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

What I claim is:

, l. The combination with a line wire and an insulator having a circumferentially extending groove therein, of a coil through one winding of which said line wire is passed seated within said groove, and hooks .i

with which said line wire is engaged formed from the ends of said coil.

2. The combination with a line wire and an insulator for connection therewith, of a coil through the winding of which said line wire is passed seated within said groove, flattened terminals on said coil, and hooks with which said line wire is engaged formed from said flattened terminals. i

3. The combination with a line wire and an insulator for connection therewith having a ciroumferentially extending groove therein, of a coil through the winding of which said line wire is passed seated within the said groove, beads adjacent the terminals of said coil, and hooks with which said line wire is engaged in advance of said beads.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature.

VERNON HEAD. 

